Method and System for Beacon Information Provisioning, Transmissions and Protocol Enhancements

1. A method implemented in a station (STA), the method comprising: receiving a fast initial link setup (FILS) discovery frame including a compressed short service set identifier (SSID); comparing a short SSID parameter in a MAC sublayer management entity (MLME) MLME-scan.request primitive and the compressed SSID; and reporting a MLME-SCAN.confirm primitive responsive to the comparing of the short SSID and the compressed SSID based on the MLME-scan.request primitive including a report option set to immediate.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the FILS discovery frame comprises a version number information.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the FILS discovery frame comprises at least one of a Common Advertisement Group (CAG) number or an AP Configuration Sequence Number (AP-CSN).

4. The method of claim 1 , the FILS discovery frame comprises a traffic information map (TIM).

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the FILS discovery frame includes an access network type.

6. The method of claim 5 , the method further comprising comparing the access network type received in the FILS discovery frame with a wildcard access network type to confirm a match.

7. A station (STA) comprising: a processor; and a memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: identify a short service set identifier (SSID) parameter in a MAC sublayer management entity (MLME) MLME-scan.request primitive receive a fast initial link setup (FILS) discovery frame including a field for a compressed SSID; compare the short SSID parameter and the compressed SSID; and report a MLME-SCAN.confirm primitive responsive to the comparing of the short SSID and the compressed SSID, if the MLME-scan.request primitive includes a report option set to immediate.

8. The STA of claim 7 , wherein the FILS discovery frame comprises a version number information.

9. The STA of claim 7 , wherein the FILS discovery frame comprises at least one of a Common Advertisement Group (CAG) number or an AP Configuration Sequence Number (AP-CSN).

10. The STA of claim 7 , wherein the FILS discovery frame comprises a traffic information map (TIM).

11. The STA of claim 7 , wherein the FILS discovery frame includes an access network type.

12. The STA of claim 11 , wherein the processor compares the access network type received in the FILS discovery frame with a wildcard access network type to confirm a match.